First impressions up after 30 games played and about 20 games between AI watched.
So to make the test true to it's meaning, I did test it with variety of teams ranging from 1 star to 5 stars. Mixing it up.
First impressions, my God this is quite phenomenal in user hands
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First I tested small team vs big one. I like jumping straight at it, didn't bother with sliders (restored defaults), World Class difficulty.
I was killed. Would expect that and got what I wanted. AI destroyed me with variety, chasing the ball, depleting my stamina. Passing the ball around. Great to see, not great to experience haha.
This is HUGE plus over default db where I beat Barca with Burnemouth. (sure took quite a bit of sweating and swearing, but on your db this will be quite a task to pull off).
2nd test was same level teams, 3* vs 3*. Here the game was more direct, no fancy skill moves, no tiki taka. More like get ball and play it forward as soon as possibility opens. Worked well enough. Both teams created chances, but converting them, is different matter. Usually ended in goal drought or 2-1 2-2 2-3 etc. Again, wonderful to see teams playing similar to rl
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Last 2 test were 5* vs 5* and 5* vs 4*. Here I feel whole concept shines most. So many options open up, so many clever plays can happen. It's amazing.
Of course stars ratings were from original game as I remembered them
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Dunno if it's down to DB editing or product.ini file, but loving ball physics and game speed with yours.
User vs AI is fun, not predictable.
Maybe it's a minor issue, but problems did appear when I put AI vs AI on Legendary and let them play vs themselves.
Barcelona vs Celtic and Real vs BVB games stuck in my mind for a bit. Why?
Because Real and Barcelona and Celtic and BVB did play to their style. Barcelona did keep possession a lot (72%!), but didn't really create chances to score...
Real did play clever balls through Ozil and Ronaldo, but there were no crosses into box, dribbles or shots from long range visible (down to sliders you think?).
Great to watch some games unfold though
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Keep up the good work!
one more thing: defense is ace. blocking shots, sliding, marking, making mistakes! Perfect. They don't drop too deep or stay too high up the pitch to get caught by lofted through ball.
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